Binding-tip



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' APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1920.

r 1,395,403. PatentedNov. 1,1921.

INVENHJY: 5W 5% FM y ATM/5- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN IVEN FEKETE, OF DETROIT; MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO ESSEX MOTORS. 015 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

BINDING-TIP.

Application filed July 2,

T 0 all 10 ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN I. FEKETE, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Detroit, county of WVayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful -Improvement in Binding-Tips, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object a tip to be used for finishing the ends of binding, gimp, and other similar materials used particularly in the trimming of automobile and carriage bodies. In trimming automobile bodies, difliculty has been experienced in obtaining a suitable tip to finish off the ends of the binding and fasten said ends securely in place. The tips which can now be obtained are cheap in appearance and do not conceal the nail heads except in the case of lead filled binding tips which are very expensive and are difficult to install. It is particularly important to have a binding tip which will present a neat, attractive appearance and will not leave the nail head ex posed because at least one type of binding now on the market is so constructed that the nail heads when driven home are completely concealed, and the useof a binding tip with an exposed nail head is out of keeping with the rest of the work.

While the binding tip embodying my invention is intended for use chiefly with socalled I-Iidem binding, it can also be used with gimps, single cord binding, double cord welts, blind nail finishing welts, and the like.

The invention will be fully understood when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof will be pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view of a binding tip in place on the end of a piece of so-called Hidem binding.

Fig. 2 shows the binding cords separated to allow the tack to be driven.

Fig. 3 shows the tack in place and the cords restored to their natural position.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 393,684.

Fig. 4 is a plan View of the tip.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation.

Referring now to the drawings, the binding tip is composed of an attaching shank A. and cap B. The shank is formed by an extension of the bottom or back side Z) of the cap B. The shank is pierced by an elongated slot C to receive the nail. The shank A is preferably narrower than the binding with which it is to be used and lies under the binding so that it is completely concealed by it. The cap B is of a convenient size and shape to receive and cover the end of the binding and protect it and hold it firmly in place.

In using the binding tip, the end of the binding is slipped into the cap B, and the binding and binding tip are then put in position. The cords of the binding are then parted as shown in Fig. 2 and the tack D driven through the binding and the slot C, after which the cords are restored to their former position as shown in Fig. 3. The tip is then firmly secured in place and the nail by which this is done is completely hidden.

What I claim is 1. The binding tip comprising a cap to inclose the end of the binding with which it is to be used and an attaching shank forming an extension of the back side of the cap and concealed by the binding.

2. The binding tip comprising a cap to inclose the end of the binding with which it is to be used and an attaching shank perforated to receive a nail, said shank forming an extension of the back side of the cap and concealed by the binding.

3. In combination with a binding having two separable adjacent beads, abinding tip having a cap inclosing the end of the binding and having a perforated attaching shank forming an extension of the back side of the cap, and a nail piercing the binding between the two beads and passing through the perforation in the shank, the head of the nail being concealed by the said beads.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

STEPHEN IVEN FEKETE. 

